Costin feeds off painful memories to walk the walk

AFTER covering 50 kilometres in 4:15.16, it took Jamie Costin almost 90 minutes to cross the 200 or so yards from the Olympic finishing line to the interview zone.

Though the foreign media masses had evaporated, a sizeable Irish delegation, led by athletics team manager Patsy McGonagle, remained in place by the barriers waiting to congratulate the Waterford man after he was treated for dehydration by Dr Bill Cuddihy.

Few 44th-placed athletes receive such support. Then few athletes have Jamie Costin’s back story.